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That was me in school 😅

It was a reference to him having already used Rat Posion to describe derivatives.

Warren Buffet nearly went bankrupt during the GFC by selling puts on the S&P. He avoided bankruptcy because he sold them OTC to Goldman Sachs and an arrangement was made whereby Berkshire Hathaway bailed out Goldmans and the puts were never marked to market.

There are clever ways to structure generational wealth. You can put it all in a trust with specific rules around it's management that survives you.

You can make it so the trustees must approve withdrawals. The withdrawals can be done only as loans, with predefined terms of repayment.

Otherwise most will fall victim to the old proverb:

"You can't be poor for three generations, and you can't be rich for three generations."

It will always be a contributing factor. Government wins due to mounting legal costs all the time.

SW and TDev would have loved to have large well capitalized Bitcoin companies coming out in public support with a combination of matching funds donated or publicly directly donating alongside messages of support.

The support of this money and messages, would have given them the strength to face the insurmountable odds.

A public endorsement of the fucked up nature of their indictment with a pledge to match donations, is much more valuable than a private donation.

The listed companies all rely on Bitcoin being usable in a non-Government controlled way, but their lack of support has definitely contributed to the Government winning a plea.

SW and TDev did not have the support of the large Bitcoin companies, even though their case will have serious repercussions for each of their businesses. It is like shooting themselves in the foot.

Man it is scary to think of all the women in their mid thirties who were never married and have no kids.

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This makes up to $1m that the ETH foundation has pledged in Support of Roman Storm, Tornado Cash and Payment Privacy.

Since Bitcoiners are way more based than Vitalik that must mean BlockStream, Lightning Labs, Block and Brink must have given millions to Samourai's Defense fund...

If you are curious why SW and TDev felt compelled to take a plea and Roman is still fighting, I can think of some reasons.

Cooked 15 eggs for dinner the other day. Family were fighting over it and wasn't enough.

Definitely not his first.

Tbf when my kids were that age I just couldn't take them to any nice restaurants. That is also fine. We'd get a babysitter.

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